By Ad.B.
Published yesterday at 7:05 p.m., Updated yesterday at 8:26 p.m.
Fabien Galthié has not spoken since the defeat against the Springboks on October 15. FRANCK FIFE / AFP
The president of the French Rugby Federation defended the coach of the Blues, criticized for his silence since the elimination in the quarter-finals of the World Cup. A press conference is planned for the end of November.
End of radio silence in November. The French Rugby Federation announced this Wednesday that a press conference will be organized with Fabien Galthié to debrief the World Cup. Since the elimination of the XV of France in the quarter-final of “his” World Cup against South Africa, the coach of the Blues has not spoken.
He had simply tried to analyze on the spot, at the edge of the pitch and then at a press conference, the cruel defeat that his team had just suffered: “My first thought goes here. To all our supporters, to all our families, and to our France group, who must be courageous.»
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Since then, nothing. Galthié still hit the headlines by appearing naked on the front page of Here is , with his wife Hélène Noguerra. Photos for which the former scrum half decided to sue the magazine. Beyond this affair, his silence is strongly criticized.
“Media time is not human time”
«The silence that annoys», even headlines the sports daily The team this Wednesday November 1st, photo by Fabien Galthié in support. Enough to make the president of the French Rugby Federation, Florian Grill, react. “Media time is not human time. Men must be given time to digest, which can be long after 4 years of pressure, he writes on X (formerly Twitter). Then will come that of analysis and finally that of communication. No emergency. Let’s respect men.»
“The silence that annoys” headlines L’Equipe this Wednesday, November 1 L’Equipe
Several of the “men” in question returned to the training grounds with their Top 14 clubs. “If I stayed at home, I was going to cry every day,” even confided Peato Mauvaka, decisive in the victory of the Stade Toulousain against UBB this weekend (29-22).
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